Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090117455

Their grieving parents receive folded American flags in gratitude from a nation that is so thankful for their heroism. Now they have come forward out of the shadows. hundreds of thousands of them across America. protesting a bill that passed the House of Representatives which would make a criminal out of every single one of them. not just ordinary criminals but aggravated felons. The House bill. the SENSENBRENNER bill which passed. says that the 11 or 12 million in America who are undocumented would be branded as aggravated felons. the same type of criminal penalty which we save for the worstarmed robbers and rapists. That is what the House bill would do. That is what they would brand these people. the same people who sit next to us in church. whose kids go to school with our kids. the same people we see every day though we may not speak to them.
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Criminal Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2006-03-16
Speech ID
1090117455
Paragraph
#3
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